I have the R1 and I get a kick out of the voice every time. “Battery fulled” is my favorite. When I start recording it says “video recording” and when I stop recording it says “video recording stopped.” If I am moving, it’s too quiet to understand, but it stops my music while it speaks. I often forget to start recording at the start of my ride, so I press the button to check. I can only tell by how long the pause is while the voice speaks. That’s the only prompt I have a problem with, as it’s the only one I get when I’m on the move. The others are only when I turn it on. “Welcome to FreeConn product. Battery XX%. Connected.” It’s certainly not the highest quality product, but it meets my needs comfortably and paying more feels like a waste of money to me. I hope you get a lot out of value out of it.

Congrats!

Unpopular opinion here. I bought a pair of cheap-o units from Amazon for my daughter and myself. FreedConn R1 Plus. Includes a built in camera. Honestly couldn’t be happier with them. I almost never ride with anyone other than my daughter, so I don’t need compatibility with other people in group rides. They were cheap ($120 USD each) and they work. Bluetooth connected to my phone, it plays music just fine. I can hear it just fine through my EarPeace earplugs. Changing songs is a snap with gloves on, and pressing the big button on the side switches to intercom mode so I can speak with my daughter. Another press sends me back to my music. I’ve had a couple of phone calls through them and while not the best, you can hear each other. Exactly what we need and nothing more. The video is 1080p, but the audio is nothing but wind noise. I only have the camera for insurance purposes, so no problem there. The battery life is about 5 to 6 hours with both bluetooth music playing and camera running. Haven’t noticed much drop in battery capacity yet after a year. I will never buy a product that requires a subscription service to use, that’s absolutely ridiculous. Anyway, these units have been great value for the money. Whatever you get, have a blast and keep the rubber side down

I use HWK gear and find it to be pretty good. Something is better than nothing, and while you get what you pay for, you also get diminishing returns as you move up the cost scale. Plenty of people ride squid (no gear) all the time. Some of them crash, get road rash, heal, and continue to ride squid. It’s all about your personal tolerance for risk, your personal financial situation, etc. Just know that every day clothes like denim jeans offer pretty much no protection at all.

Welcome to the life

Happen to have a link to where it can be purchased?

It’s a bit of the wild west for now, but you’re right. Pretty much anyone can create a community, and I actually think that’s a good thing. Have you ever been part of an online community that you loved, and it shifted to something you just didn’t want to be part of anymore? When that happens, the decentralized nature of Lemmy and similar federated social media makes it possible for a new community to form and grow that is different, and for some, better.

Interestingly, when I search for motorcycles in the communities I only see two. This one, and another that has a single subscriber. Motorcycles are Fun doesn’t show up for me. I think perhaps which communities you see depends on what server you signed up with, and what other servers that one links to. Right now I am signed into lemmy.world. I see from your photo that you were signed in to feddit.de. Perhaps OP was signed into a different server. This is a real problem for Lemmy IMHO. If I can’t search and find ALL the Lemmy communities from my “home” server, and have to create accounts at other servers to see different content and communities, well, forget it. Caveat, I am also brand new and may not have a clue what I’m talking about, just observations from a noob at this point.